It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (April 4, 2022)

 It's Monday, What Are You Reading? is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date.

It’s Monday!  What Are You Reading is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week.  It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list.

Want to See What I Added to My Stack? links to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Marlene at Reading Reality.

Other Than Reading...

This was another quiet week with three inches of snow in the middle of it. I read, watched Spring Training baseball, looked back at last month's reading, and planned my May reading calendar. 

This coming week the baseball games begin to count, and we are expecting more snow. I plan to concentrate on reading the review books on my stack that are being released in May since I have 14 of them.

March Reading Report

I read 33 books in March including 16 audiobooks and 13 review books. I DNFd one book. I read 11,938 pages and listened for about 200 hours. Seven books were rereads. I read The Others series again. Two of the books were from my TBR pile. My "Added in 2008" collection is down to 21 books since I also discarded a couple that didn't interest me anymore. 

I added 58 books to my collection in March including 22 audiobooks and 25 review books. 44 are still on the TBR pile. My total collection (print books, ebooks, and audiobooks) on LibraryThing numbers 8,271 books. My TBR pile totals 2391 which includes 48 review books. 

Here's my March State of the Stack post which is one of the ways I keep track of review books read, reviewed, and received. 

Read Last Week

If you can't wait until the review shows up on my blog, reviews are posted to LibraryThing and Goodreads as soon as I write them (usually right after I finish reading a book.)

• A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King (Kindle & Audiobook) -- This first Kate Martinelli introduces her and tells some of her background. The mystery has to do with kidnapped, strangled, and dumped little girls. My review will be posted on April 21.
• Murder on Madison Square by Victoria Thompson (Review; May 3) -- This latest in the Gaslight Mysteries has Frank and Sarah attending the first auto show in Madison Square Garden and investigating the death of one of men financing an auto maker. My review will be posted on April 21.

• To Play the Fool by Laurie R. King (Kindle & Audiobook) -- This second Kate Martinelli mystery has her and her partner looking into some deaths of homeless people and trying to interview a mysterious man who only speaks in quotations. My review will be posted on April 26.
• With Child by Laurie R. King (Kindle & Audiobook) -- This third Kate Martinelli mystery has Kate searching for Jules who goes missing and who might be the next victim of a serial killer, My review will be posted on May 3.
• Night Work by Laurie R. King (Kindle & Audiobook) -- This fourth Kate Martinelli mystery concerns female vigilantes who escalate from embarrassing pranks to murder. My review will be posted on May 10.

• Mrs. Hudson and the Spirits' Curse by Martin Davies (Mine) -- This take on a Sherlock Holmes story brings Mrs. Hudson front and center and sees her as the investigative genius who gives Sherlock nudges in the right direction. My review will be posted on April 23.
• Beginnings by Laurie R. King (Mine; Kindle & Audiobook) -- This novella takes Kate back to the impetus for her career as a homicide detective when she looks into the death of her younger sister back in 1983. I reviewed this one on LibraryThing and Goodreads.

Currently

• A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong (Kindle & Audiobook)
• The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson (Review; May 3)

Next Week

Time to read review books!

• The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood (May 3)
• When She Dreams by Amanda Quick (May 3)
• Bear Witness by Lark O. Jensen (May 10)

• The Shadow of Memory by Connie Berry (May 10)
• And By Fire by Evie Hawtrey (May 10)
• Starry-Eyed Love by Helena Hunting (May 10)

Reviews Posted

• Game On by Janet Evanovich
• Beguiled by Darynda Jones

• The Art of the Decoy by Trish Esden
• Cleopatra's Dagger by Carole Lawrence
• Glass Slippers by Leah Cypess

• Shadow in the Glass by M. E. Hilliard
• As You Look by Veronica Gutierrez

Want to See What I Added to My Stack Last Week?

Review:

• Last Call at the Nightingale by Katharine Schellman (June 7)
• The Gatekeeper by James Byrne (June 7)

• Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byron (June 7)
• In the Pines by Kendra Elliot (August 16)

Bought:

• Golden in Death by J. D. Robb (Kindle)
• Night Work by Laurie R. King (Kindle & Audiobook)
• Bear Town by Fredrik Backman (Kindle Daily Deal)

• The Vampire Book Club by Nancy Warren (Kindle; Free)
• Up to the Challenge by Maria V. Snyder (Kindle)
• The Target by Catherine Coulter (Chirp Audiobook)

• Chaos by Iris Johansen (Kindle)
• Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (Kindle; BookBub Deal)

What was your week like?